I teach a class of 8 year olds. I need a list of websites available
free of charge which give information suitable for this age group
about Columbus. The web sites can either be for children or adults.

Hi beaumont,

Some web sites I used when I was in my sixth grade research on Columbus:

http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/cctl.htm

http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/columbus.html

http://www.castellobanfi.com/features/story_3.html

http://muweb.millersville.edu/~columbus/columbus.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/columbus.shtml

I hope this helps.

-questionboy777

Here is some more:

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/columbusday.html

http://www.jeannepasero.com/colprojects.html

-questionboy777

I don't know how you could properly tell them about the horrific
things he did to the Arawak and Taino people.

Thank you questionboy777-ga!

This give me an idea for a new lesson series:

Genghis Khan for Children
Stalin for Children
Goebbels for Children
Idi Amin for Children
Pinochet for Children
Milosevic for Children

Alright augusta-ga, how about "George W. Bush for Children"? Maybe he
could read a story about goats while Falluja burns.